Absolutely brilliant

The first must-see film of the year.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

This version of the famous literary novel Devdas is extremely opulent, so much so that caste and class differences suddenly make little sense when both families are so incredibly wealthy. Apart from this misstep, and some overacting in the first half-hour, the film is definitely worth watching. All three leads Shahrukh, Aishwarya and Madhuri are in top form. Kirron Kher is good though she tends to overact. There are some dazzling musical numbers including "Dola Re" which is a tremendous show-stopper. The film is essentially a tragedy and Bhansali brings this point home (MINOR SPOILERS) in the heart-breaking climax. Recommended.Overall 8/10

Devdas is an amazing movie and one of Bollywood's best! It released in 2002 after which the movies of the time as well as actors, directors and writers began making better quality films in an attempt to be up to par with this one! If you don't speak Hindi, I suggest you still watch this movie with English subtitles, as from the first frame to the last it is very entertaining and keeps you with the film at all times. The colors, acting, storytelling are all brilliantly done and it truly is a love story to be remembered. The songs are very catchy and Madhuri Dixit and Ashwariya Rai are Bollywood's biggest actresses and both looked the absolute best in this film than any other they have done. Shahrukh Khan too is brilliant as the lover who lost.This movie Definitely, Definitely is a keeper that one would want to buy on DVD to keep in their collections and EVERYONE I know has watched the whole film/certain part of it repeatedly!

That is true. Bollywood films do base a lot of their ideas off of Hollywood movies, down to the point of plagirism (they even have used recent movies, such as Hitch, for material as well), but Devdas is not one of these cases. Counting this version, it's been remade three times. I know one time was in the 1930s, and in the 1950s, and in theatrical adaptations It is a Bengali novella by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay written in 1917. Sorry, but it was a good thought anyway. Just so you know, I got the information off of wikipedia, from the article concerning the movie, and it is not made up data by any means. There have also been several television adaptations. Devdas is a Bengali story, and a famous one at that. As the author of the article said, "The novella powerfully depicts the prevailing societal customs in Bengal in the early 1900s, which are largely responsible for preventing the happy ending of a genuine love story." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devdas

I saw this movie in January this year and i have to say this is a breathtaking movie.This is sometimes Sanjay Leela Bhansalis best work.And i do consider.The story opens when Devdas family is happy that there son is returning from England.His mother says that she will be the first person to see him.But he goes to see Paro first.Mother is angry.Then a fight happens between Paro mother and Devdas mother.She banned him from seeing her.He meets Chandramukhi.From her Husband Chunilal he is Drunk.The movie is a remake of the 1955 Devdas starring Dilip Kumar as Devdas,Succhitra Sen as Paro,Vyjayanthimala as Chandramukhi.Shahrukh,Aishwarya,Madhuri and Jackie were superb in the movie.Shahrukh delivers a Breathtaking performance.The cinematography and Chereography is Excellent.The music is Excellent with Excellent picturisatioons.This deserves an Oscar Award.To Bad it failed.I don't know why they ignore Indian movies.Costumes are dazzling.Dialogs are wonderful.The climax is powerful.The scence where she runs to the gate is unforgettable and haunting.Kirron Kher and Smita Jaykar do a great job and so do the others.On the whole,this is an amazing movie